Lions Club Welcomes Visitors, Honors Students
Thu, 12/17/2020 - 12:00am
State House Rep. elect Dr. Glenn Rogers
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Morton Valley TEEA Club President Stacey Villanueva prepares pies for the judging and sale and Ag Extension Agent TJ Cummings is weighing pecans for judging. Photos courtesy of Amy O’Brien - Glenn
Many local winners at County Pecan Show
Thu, 12/17/2020 - 12:00am
DeMarquis Gordon brought 2 entries. He won the Nacono and Pawnee classes hands down. By the end of the contest, he had won Grand Champion with his Nacono and Reserve Champion with his Pawnee too! Our County Courthouse always has entries from the lawn gathered by Don-nie Gray in the contest and this year they won the Burkett and Western classes. Justices of the Peace Jon Glenn and Jessie Speer got in on the action this year too. Jon brought in the winning Native and Jessie won the Cheyenne class. Congratulations to all of these County Show winners who have advanced to the Central Region Pecan Show to be held Jan. 13
Pictured above is Colt Lawrence of The Rising Star 4-H Club, and his Father Howard Lawrence cutting the wood, and building the bunk beds. It was a team effort, with his brothers and sister (all former 4-H’ers) helping as well. Photos courtesy of Amy O’Brien - Glenn
4-H COUNCIL “BUILD A BUNK”: HEAD, HEART, HANDS GIVE HEALTH OF A BETTER NIGHTS SLEEP TO KIDS IN NEED
Thu, 12/17/2020 - 12:00am
The Eastland County 4-H Council adopted “BUILD A BUNK” as their community service project. This project purpose is to give children in Eastland County a bed and mattress are sleeping on the floor without a bed. The local CPS office, Open Door Pregnancy Cen-ter, and Eastland County Child Welfare Board have been notified and will give the 4-H Council the referrals.
Sheriff Bradford Honored at Retirement Celebration
Thu, 12/17/2020 - 12:00am
Retiring Sheriff Wayne Bradford, pictured above with wife Jerre, was honored at a celebration Friday of his 24-years of service as Eastland County Sheriff. His retirement celebration was held in the Lumberyard Event Center in Eastland. Photo by: Margaret Hetrick
River of Life Food Pantry
Thu, 12/10/2020 - 12:00am
Our goal is to help families that are temporarily in need of assistance. If you would like to contribute to the food pantry this month, we are asking for canned corn, canned mixed vegetables, and cranberry sauce. These and other items can be donated during office hours at the church office, Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm.